Basel III
WHAT IS THIS? Basel III is a set of bank soundness rules drawn up by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in response to the financial crisis. It hikes the minimum amount of capital banks must hold, introduces new leverage and liquidity ratios, and limits the use of internal models.
Securitisation may ease Basel III SME lending concerns
Credit conservation
Rules and regulation take centre stage at Asia Risk Congress 2010
Rules and regulations
Basel III won’t be a problem if implemented correctly, says Bank of England
Latest Financial Stability Report stresses importance of long transition to new rules, and concerns over central counterparty clearing
Basel Committee publishes final Basel III rules
The Basel Committee has finalised its Basel III package - but work in certain areas will continue into 2011
The limitations of using correlation in default prediction
Market analysis: Correlation and default
Market for CoCos could take years to develop, say Credit Institute panellists
Regulators may be sold on the idea of banks issuing loss-absorbing contingent convertible securities, but panellists at the latest Credit Institute event questioned whether there is a natural investor base for these instruments.
Banks look to securitisation of counterparty credit risk
Banks look to securitisation of counterparty credit risk
Basel to overhaul CVA capital calculation
Basel to overhaul CVA capital calculation
The end of the beginning for Basel III
Basel III: in your own time...
The Basel Committee needs teeth
Basel needs teeth
Basel Committee considers capital charges on CCP default fund exposures
Basel Committee considers capital charges on CCP default fund exposures
Banks moving to build liquidity ahead of Basel III
Building up buffers
Review of 2010
Crisis? Oh, that crisis...
Risk technology rankings 2010
The age of change
Is the counter-cyclical toolbox incomplete?
Is the counter-cyclical toolbox incomplete?
Investors wary of contingent capital
Contingent upon capital
Regulators double down
Regulators double down
Basel Committee doesn’t have the last word, vows Othmar Karas, MEP
European Parliament’s rapporteur for CRD IV suggests Basel III will hit European banks hardest and adjustments will be needed when the standards are transposed into European law
Dodd-Frank slows down full implementation of Basel II
Contradictions in the US regulations slowing down exit from Basel II parallel run
Regulatory reform may not be enough to prevent second crisis
A new study warns reform might only be enough to mitigate, not prevent, damage from a new crisis
Merkel's EU bailout plan threatens Basel’s sovereign zero risk weights
Discussions are already under way behind closed doors, knock-on effects for bank capital could be substantial
Asia Risk Congress 2010: G-20 summit a success on regulation, says Korean official
In his keynote speech, Korean regulator Jong-Goo Yi highlighted the G-20's success in agreeing international regulatory reform.